2nd Magritte Awards

Winners and nominees

Best Film

• The Giants (Les Géants)
  • Beyond the Steppes
  • The Fairy (La Fée)
  • The Kid with a Bike (Le Gamin au vélo)

Best Director

• '*Bouli Lanners – *The Giants (Les Géants)'''''
  • Dominique Abel and Fiona Gordon – The Fairy (La Fée)
  • Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne – The Kid with a Bike (Le Gamin au vélo)
  • Sam Garbarski – A Distant Neighborhood (Quartier lointain)

Best Flemish Film in Coproduction

• Bullhead (Rundskop)
  • 22nd of May (22 mei)
  • Come as You Are (Hasta la Vista)
  • Madly in Love (Smoorverliefd)
  • Pulsar

Best Foreign Film in Coproduction

• Romantics Anonymous (Les Émotifs anonymes)
  • A Screaming Man (Un homme qui crie)
  • Potiche
  • Route Irish

Best Screenplay

• Bullhead (Rundskop) – Michael R. Roskam
  • The Giants (Les Géants) – Bouli Lanners and Elise Ancion
  • The Kid with a Bike (Le Gamin au vélo) – Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne
  • Romantics Anonymous (Les Émotifs anonymes) – Philippe Blasband

Best Actor

• '*Matthias Schoenaerts – *Bullhead (Rundskop)'''''
  • Dominique Abel – The Fairy (La Fée)
  • Benoît Poelvoorde – Romantics Anonymous (Les Émotifs anonymes)
  • Jonathan Zaccaï – A Distant Neighborhood (Quartier lointain)

Best Actress

• '*Lubna Azabal – *Incendies'''''
  • Cécile de France – The Kid with a Bike (Le Gamin au vélo)
  • Isabelle De Hertogh – Come as You Are (Hasta la Vista)
  • Yolande Moreau – The Long Falling (Où va la nuit)

Best Supporting Actor

• '*Jérémie Renier – *Potiche'''''
  • Laurent Capelluto – The Long Falling (Où va la nuit)
  • Bouli Lanners – Kill Me Please
  • Didier Toupy – The Giants (Les Géants)

Best Supporting Actress

• '*Gwen Berrou – *The Giants (Les Géants)'''''
  • Virginie Efira – Kill Me Please
  • Tania Garbarski – A Distant Neighborhood (Quartier lointain)
  • Marie Kremer – Final Balance (Légitime Défense)

Most Promising Actor

• '*Thomas Doret – *The Kid with a Bike (Le Gamin au vélo)'''''
  • Romain David – Black Ocean (Noir océan)
  • David Murgia – Bullhead (Rundskop)
  • Martin Nissen – The Giants (Les Géants)

Most Promising Actress

• '*Erika Sainte – *She's Not Crying, She's Singing (Elle ne pleure pas, elle chante)'''''
  • Stéphanie Crayencour – Les Mythos
  • Jeanne Dandoy – Bullhead (Rundskop)
  • Hande Kodja – Marieke, Marieke

Best Cinematography

• The Giants (Les Géants) – Jean-Paul De Zaeytijd
  • Bullhead (Rundskop) – Nicolas Karakatsanis
  • The Kid with a Bike (Le Gamin au vélo) – Alain Marcoen

Best Sound

• The Fairy (La Fée) – Emmanuel de Boissieu, Fred Meert and Hélène Lamy-Au-Rousseau
  • Bullhead (Rundskop) – Benoît De Clerck, Yves De Mey, Quentin Collette, Christine Verschorren and Benoît Biral
  • The Giants (Les Géants) – Marc Bastien and Thomas Gauder

Best Production Design

• A Distant Neighborhood (Quartier lointain) – Véronique Sacrez
  • The Giants (Les Géants) – Paul Rouschop
  • The Kid with a Bike (Le Gamin au vélo) – Igor Gabriel
  • The Pack (La Meute) – Eugénie Collet and Florence Vercheval

Best Costume Design

• The Fairy (La Fée) – Claire Dubien
  • A Distant Neighborhood (Quartier lointain) – Florence Scholtes
  • The Giants (Les Géants) – Elise Ancion

Best Original Score

• The Giants (Les Géants) – Bram Van Parys
  • Bullhead (Rundskop) – Raf Keunen
  • Trader Games (Krach) – Frédéric Vercheval

Best Editing

• Bullhead (Rundskop) – Alain Dessauvage
  • The Giants (Les Géants) – Ewin Ryckaert
  • The Kid with a Bike (Le Gamin au vélo) – Marie-Hélène Dozo

Best Short Film

• Sundays (Dimanches)
  • Back Against the Wall (Dos au mur)
  • Bad Moon (Mauvaise lune)
  • The Wolf's Version (La Version du loup)

Best Documentary

• LoveMEATender
  • Fritkot
  • In Their Hands (Sous la main de l'autre)
  • Summer of Giacomo (L'estate di Giacomo)

Honorary Magritte Award

• Nathalie Baye

Audience Award

• Virginie Efira

Films with multiple nominations and awards

The following ten films received multiple nominations.

• Twelve: The Giants
• Nine: Bullhead
• Eight: The Kid with a Bike
• Five: A Distant Neighborhood and The Fairy
• Three: Romantics Anonymous
• Two: Come as You Are, The Long Falling, Kill Me Please, and Potiche

The following three films received multiple awards.

• Five: The Giants
• Four: Bullhead
• Two: The Fairy

References

References

1. (November 26, 2011). "Les Magritte du cinéma s’installent". [[La Libre Belgique]].
2. Engelen, Aurore. (January 10, 2012). "Nominations announced for 2nd Magritte Awards". Cineuropa.
3. Bradfer, Fabienne. (February 4, 2012). "Bouli Lanners et " Tête de boeuf ", les Magritte du cinéma belge". [[Le Soir]].